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to give an oral or written account of in some detail
a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan
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Recent Examples of recount
Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Together, Sarah Wondra and the roommates bound Michael with duct tape and shoved him into the duffel bag, Wondra recounted to the detectives.
—Alex Brizee
march 3, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Fulton County has also confirmed that some ballots were scanned multiple times during the recount.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Verb
What is rarely recounted is the key role played in that coup by two leading ayatollahs—Abol-Qasem Kashani and Mohammad Behbahani—who were heroes and mentors to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founding father of the Islamic Republic.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Together, Sarah Wondra and the roommates bound Michael with duct tape and shoved him into the duffel bag, Wondra recounted to the detectives.
—Alex Brizee
march 3, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
In 2024, Republican candidate Heather Lappin lost out on the Pima County sheriff’s seat to incumbent Democrat Chris Nanos, the man currently in charge of finding Nancy Guthrie, by 481 votes in a recount.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Fulton County has also confirmed that some ballots were scanned multiple times during the recount.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
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So too is a work ethic peers often describe as relentless, paired with a preternatural optimism that keeps him pushing through setbacks.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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HostArmada's dedicated options are managed cloud servers, unlike the bare-metal hardware previously described.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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When those galaxies form stars from their normal matter, the low amount of total mass means that most of the gas within those galaxies should get expelled, leaving only a small population of stars embedded within a relatively large amount of dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Women’s risk of heart attacks began to increase at 20% plaque burden, the amount of plaque in the arterial walls, while men’s rose at 28%.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
2 Mar. 2026
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Impala Platinum has opened formal talks with Zimbabwe’s central bank and lined up meetings with both the South African and Zimbabwean governments to press for clarity on Harare’s export-earnings policy, its CEO told Semafor, escalating a commercial cash-flow dispute into bilateral negotiations.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Mar. 2026
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Results for each race reflect the total statewide or across county borders.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2026
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Two surgical operations, costing a total of $400,000, were performed in accordance with the past directive following lengthy legal battles over in-prison access to breast implants, facial feminization surgery, and genital augmentation.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Corridos, a form of Mexican storytelling that dates to the 19th century — and became especially prominent during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 for narrating the struggles and triumphs of the era — have since evolved into a modern voice for social realities and personal histories.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2026
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The characters In both the book and show, Vladimir is narrated by an English professor in her 50s who remains unnamed throughout the entire story.—
Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Mar. 2026
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In ancient China, the eclipse was interpreted as a cosmic dragon or dog attempting to swallow the moon whole.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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And on the whole, Goffman approved.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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This underdog story chronicles their early days and the breakout movies that secured their legacies when each was still in his thirties.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Her exploits with the Panthers are chronicled there in the football archives.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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Massive billionaire funding in the race from artificial intelligence interests operated largely outside public awareness, with super PACs spending enormous sums while deliberately avoiding transparency about their true policy priorities, particularly regarding AI regulation[1].—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Recount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recount. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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